Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
The Sir John Chilcot Commission indicted
AThe UK for its conduct in the US-led NATO war in Afghanistan
BThe UK for its conduct in the Iraq war of 2003 ✓ Correct
CThe US for its invasion of Iraq in 2003
DRussia for its attacks in Syria
Correct answer: (B) The UK for its conduct in the Iraq war of 2003 — The Chilcot Inquiry criticised the United Kingdom for its conduct in the 2003 Iraq war.
Explanation
★The Chilcot Inquiry criticised the United Kingdom for its conduct in the 2003 Iraq war.
★It was a British public inquiry chaired by Sir John Chilcot.
★Announced in 2009, its report was released in 2016.
★It found that Saddam Hussein posed no imminent threat to British interests.
★It judged the intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to be deeply flawed.
★It concluded that peaceful alternatives to war had not been exhausted.
★The inquiry questioned the legal basis on which Britain went to war.
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